James' first home game as a Laker will be on Oct. 20 against Houston (ESPN). His regular-season Lakers debut will be Oct. 18, when Los Angeles visits the Portland Trail Blazers.

The NBA season kicks off on Oct. 16 with the Philadelphia 76ers visiting the Boston Celtics (8 p.m. ET, TNT) and the Warriors hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder (10:30 p.m., TNT). Before the second game, the Warriors will receive their championship rings and unveil the banner for their 2018 NBA title.

The Lakers' Christmas Day game at Golden State (8 p.m., ESPN/ABC) will be one of a handful of nationally televised NBA games on the holiday.

The Celtics likely will play on national television regularly this season. On Christmas Day, Boston will face Philadelphia in a rematch of the Eastern Conference semifinals, which the Celtics won in five games.

The Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo will play on Christmas Day for the first time since 1977. It is unclear whether Knicks All-Star Kristaps Porzingis will be available for the game. He is currently rehabbing a torn ACL, an injury he suffered in an early February game against the Bucks.

The NBA also announced Wednesday the nationally televised games on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Memphis Grizzlies will host the New Orleans Pelicans in their 16th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Game at 5:30 p.m. As part of the holiday triple-header, the Rockets will visit the 76ers (8 p.m.) and the Lakers will host the Warriors (10:30 p.m.).